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Two Recent Decisions Imposing Sanctions for Discovery Failures

E-Discovery LLC

The circuit court then prohibited Mr. Etame from presenting any evidence and struck his pleadings, including counterclaims. Benton filed suit, Hartley Hall propounded interrogatories and document requests. The circuit court found them to be non-responsive and again ordered him to provide specific responses. He failed to comply.

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E-Discovery 101 – – A Refresher on the Scope of Discovery + Boilerplate Objections Sustained

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The change “signal[ed] to the court that it has the authority to confine discovery to the claims and defenses asserted in the pleadings , and signal[ed] to the parties that they have no entitlement to discovery to develop new claims or defenses that are not already identified in the pleadings.” H & M Henner & Mauritz, L.P.,

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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The “Rules of Procedure are the lawyer’s compass and serve to help him [or her] steer through the narrows of pleading, pass the rocks of default, around the shoals of limitation, and safely into the harbor of judgment. Failure to Object to Untimely Interrogatories Coupled With a Discovery Violation Leads to Reversal (Jan.

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LegalWeek 2024 Special Part Four: Joshua Lenon from Clio

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Okay, so now I put it in the on answer to an interrogatory that I’m I’ve been drafting or now I put it in as part of a fact pattern in a pleading, or now I’m putting that in as proof of an alibi from a crime three years ago, right. Find that clients address from three years ago, right?